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Litigation about legal AI itself

Proceedings in which a legal-AI vendor, a legal publisher's AI product or an "AI lawyer" service is a party, or in which a tribunal decides a question specific to legal AI — copyright in headnotes and training, unauthorized practice by software, trade secrets between vendors, consumer claims. Each docket page carries dated milestones and the current posture; allegations are stated as the pleadings frame them and paired with what the court did.

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ProceedingCourtQuestionStatusLast milestone
EvenUp, Inc. v. Butler Labs, Inc.4:25-cv-08199-YGR · filed 2025-09-26 · United StatesU.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaTrade secrets between vendorsactive Public docket lead reports order denying preliminary injunction and resolving sealing motions.
Canadian Legal Information Institute v. Caseway AIVLC-S-S-247574 · filed 2024-12 · CanadaSupreme Court of British ColumbiaLegal database termssettled CanLII announced confidential settlement and final resolution of the BCSC proceeding.
In the Matter of DoNotPay, Inc.Docket No. C-4812; File No. 232-3042 · filed 2024-09-25 · United StatesFederal Trade CommissionRegulator actionconsent-order FTC issued final decision and order in Docket C-4812.
Jonathan Faridian v. DoNotPay, Inc.3:23-cv-01692-RFL · filed 2023-04-07 · United StatesU.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaUnauthorized practice / consumerdismissed Docket lead reports stipulated dismissal with prejudice.
MillerKing, LLC v. DoNotPay, Inc.3:23-cv-00863-NJR · filed 2023-03-15 · United StatesU.S. District Court for the Southern District of IllinoisUnauthorized practice / consumerdismissed Court amended dismissal order to clarify lack-of-standing dismissal would be without prejudice absent amendment.
Hanseatische Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg v. Wolters Kluwer Deutschland GmbH (smartlaw)I ZR 113/20 · filed 2021-09-09 · GermanyBundesgerichtshofUnauthorized practice / consumerjudgment BGH held smartlaw-style digital contract generation is not a legal service under RDG § 2(1).
Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH and West Publishing Corp. v. ROSS Intelligence Inc.D. Del. 1:20-cv-00613-SB; 3d Cir. No. 25-2153 · filed 2020-05-06 · United StatesU.S. District Court for the District of Delaware; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitCopyright and AI trainingon-appeal Third Circuit heard argument in No. 25-2153; decision pending.
Éditions Dalloz, Lexbase, LexisNexis, Lextenso, Lamy Liaisons v. Forseti (Doctrine)RG No. 23/06063 · filed 2018-10 · FranceCour d’appel de Paris, Pôle 5, Chambre 1Legal database termsjudgment Paris Court of Appeal issued judgment in RG No. 23/06063 concerning Doctrine.fr’s case-law collection practices.
West Publishing Corporation v. LegalEase Solutions, LLC0:18-cv-01445-DSD-ECW · filed 2018-05-24 · United StatesU.S. District Court for the District of MinnesotaCopyright and AI trainingjudgment Consent judgment and stipulated permanent injunction entered against LegalEase.